See candidates distributing freebies and cash, promoting themselves through paid news or violating the poll code in any other way? For the first time, the State Election Commission (SEC) has created a mobile application, Citizen on Portal (COP), to help citizens report violations of the election code of conduct during their campaigns. The poll code ensures candidates do not sway voters with money, liquor and benefits, but often, citizens don’t report violations to avoid trouble. The BMC elections are set to be held on February 21 and results will be declared on February 23. For the mega elections, the BMC will set up 7,433 polling booths across the city with 12,000 voting machines.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2017 18:47 UTC